18.1011, Calls: Computational Ling/Netherlands; Socioling/Austria

Tue Apr 3 15:21:35 UTC 2007

LINGUIST List: Vol-18-1011. Tue Apr 03 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.1011, Calls: Computational Ling/Netherlands; Socioling/Austria

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Date: 03-Apr-2007
From: Suzan Verberne < s.verberne at let.ru.nl >
Subject: Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 

2)
Date: 03-Apr-2007
From: Meryem Sen < meryem.sen at isbank.net.tr >
Subject: Identity, Authenticity, and Speech Community

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-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:17:54
From: Suzan Verberne < s.verberne at let.ru.nl >
Subject: Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 

Full Title: Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 
Short Title: CLIN 

Date: 07-Dec-2007 - 07-Dec-2007
Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Suzan Verberne
Meeting Email: clin2007 at let.ru.nl
Web Site: http://lands.let.ru.nl/~clin2007/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 14-Sep-2007 

Meeting Description:

CLIN 2007

The 18th Meeting of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands
http://lands.let.ru.nl/~clin2007/

Friday, December 7, 2007
Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

It is our pleasure to announce that the eighteenth CLIN meeting will be hosted
by the Language and Speech group at the Faculty of Arts of the Radboud
University Nijmegen. As usual, the language of the conference will be English. 

Researchers are invited to present work on all aspects of
computational linguistics and related language technologies.

Authors should submit an abstract in English. The abstract should contain:
- a title
- author name, address, affiliation, and email address
- a short outline of the paper (250 words maximum)
- preference for oral or poster presentation

The deadline for submission is Friday September 14, 2007.

We strongly encourage authors to use the on-line submission form on
the CLIN 2007 webpage, http://lands.let.ru.nl/~clin2007/

If you prefer to submit your abstract by email, take care that it is
plain ASCII and send it to: clin2007 at let.ru.nl

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:18:03
From: Meryem Sen < meryem.sen at isbank.net.tr >
Subject: Identity, Authenticity, and Speech Community 

Full Title: Identity, Authenticity, and Speech Community 
Short Title: IALUSP 

Date: 06-Dec-2007 - 09-Dec-2007
Location: Vienna, Austria 
Contact Person: Meryem Sen
Meeting Email: meryem.sen at isbank.net.tr
Web Site: http://www.inst.at/kctos/sektionen_n-s/sen_karabag.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 25-Jul-2007 

Meeting Description:

The workshop 'Identity, Authenticity, Locality, Urbanity and Speech Community: A
New Sociolinguistic Perspective' will be held at the upcoming INST- conference
on the theme 'Knowledge, Creativity and Transformations of Societies (KCTOS)' 
in Vienna, 6th-9th December 2007.  
The workshop aims to discuss the effect of globalization on the perception of
identity, authenticity, urban and local transformations and speech community in
the context of sociolinguistics. 
Send abstracts to 
meryem.sen at isbank.net.tr  
imrankarabag at kou.edu.tr

Deadline: July 25th, 2007. 

Papers of quantitative and qualitative perspectives with the related issue are
welcome. 

'Identity, Authenticity, Locality, Urbanity and Speech Community: A New
Sociolinguistic Perspective'
We live in an age of globalization, which presupposes deep transformations in
the life of world societies. This is indeed a challenge to them as they are
societies of a common culture with a standardized language, and embodied in
common economic, political, and educational institutions. This is a functional
requirement of a modern economy, with its need for a mobile, educated, and
literate work-force. Citizens in such modern societies display the sort of
solidarity essential with a strong sense of common identity and common
membership. However, it is impossible to keep away from the world surrounding
effects of globalization. Like in many other fields of life linguistic behavior
and stance could not have stayed neutral to this challenging stimulation. Thus,
a new sociolinguistic perspective of globalization that requires a close
observation of urban and local transformations in order to understand the
sociolinguistic phenomenon can provide reevaluation of local and urban events
beyond their own linguistic borders.
Within this frame we would like to discuss identity, authenticity, urban and
local transformations and speech community. Besides, understanding the effect of
globalization on perception of the other (othering) and sense of belonging or
alienation are also of concern to us in this specific debate. All in all, it is
expected to find answers to the following questions:
1. Is globalization a threat to national languages or not? 
2. What does globalization serve for in the context of language and culture? 
3. Would regional languages and variations be able to keep their presence in the
globalized world or not? 

Papers with close concerns with the above topics providing quantitative and
qualitative approaches are invited.

NB: Papers will be published in TRANS 17 (http://www.inst.at/trans/index.htm). 
Selected papers will be published as a book.

Send abstracts to Meryem Sen meryem.sen at isbank.net.tr by July 25th, 2007.

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